UNICO Merrimack Valley Scholarships

UNICO of Merrimack Valley is proud to award scholarships each year to deserving college-bound, Italian-American students in the Merrimack Valley

Scholarship Committee History

Founded in 1990, the Merrimack Valley Chapter of UNICO National is proud to enter its 35th year as the distinguished Italian-American service organization within the Merrimack Valley, MA.

Shortly after UNICO’s inception, Mr. Vincent Caristo and select charter members embarked on the task of creating a scholarship committee. The intent was then, and still remains, to provide financial assistance to distinguished, higher education-bound Italian-Americans within the Merrimack Valley and to honor the success and achievement that our Italian ancestors worked so hard to foster when they immigrated to this country. In order to generate the necessary scholarship funds, the founding committee members dedicated long hours in planning and coordinating fundraising events.

These distributions began with gifts of $1,000 for 5 recipients to where we have been in the past few years; giving at least $2,500.00 awards to 5 deserving recipients. Today, UNICO Merrimack Valley is proud to declare that over 212 scholarship awards have been provided to deserving Merrimack Valley college-bound students . Additionally, our chapter has recently announced that it has raised and distributed over $1,100,000 for scholarships and local charities since inception.

As this year’s chairman, I am privileged to carry the torch for those who served so capably before me in order to celebrate some of the incredible young Italian-American men and women in our area.

Frank A. Coppola, DMD., Scholarship Committee Chair

The Scholarship Committee

• Frank A Coppola, DMD, Chairman

• Leverett Zompa, PhD

• Jeremiah O’Sullivan, Esq

• Kenneth DeBenedictis, PhD

• Maureen White

• Grazia Bruno Donohoo

Committee members:

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Completed applications must be submitted by March 15, 2025. Please consult the guidelines and instructions for scholarship requirements before submitting your application. Please note that prior year's applications cannot be accepted.

UNICO National Scholarships

UNICO National also offers a scholarship program open to Italian Americans across the United States.
The online application process is now open for online applications for academic year 2025-2026.